Chemistry 111- SUMMER 2012
General Chemistry I Syllabus
SUNY Oneonta
Lecture PSCI 122 MTWR 10:15am – 12:15 pm
Instructor Contact Information
Dr. Maurice Odago
234 Physical Sciences Building
Maurice.Odago@oneonta.edu
Phone 607-436-3480
Office Hours: MW 12:15pm-1:15pm
This course is the first part of a General Chemistry course intended for science and non-science
majors. The course covers the topics of atomic and molecular structure, chemical reactions and
physical properties of matter.
Course Materials from Campus Bookstore:
 General Chem. Enhanced Owl W E-Book 6 Months, Ebbing ISBN 0840046588 Edition 9
 Laboratory Safety Goggles
 Hayden-McNeil Student Lab Notebook (with carbonless copies)
 Scientific Calculator
The text book is available at the campus bookstore or you may get an electronic copy at:
http://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/isbn/9780538497527
Course Webpage
Course materials such as course schedule, PowerPoint downloads, video lectures, and
laboratory experiment downloads are found on the course webpage:
http://employees.oneonta.edu/odagomo/
Laboratory materials will be available online at:
The printable copy of lab manual is available on the course website. It is recommended
that you print this PDF copy and bind it of file it in one folder at the start.
OWL HOMEWORK
Homework will use the OWL system served by the University of Massachusetts. The
system is “mastery” based, meaning that you can work on an assignment as long as you
want and try questions as many times as you want, until succeeding. There is no penalty
for getting an answer wrong. There is only a penalty for not eventually getting it right.
The login address is: https://owl.cengage.com/owl-c/user/loginpage.cgi?Server=owlsunyoneontaebbing9eenh&UserType=StudentChoose General Chemistry/UMass Amherst
Your login is SUCO + your email address up to the @ sign. So, mine is SUCOodagomo.
Your password is your A00 student number, including the A.
Assignments will be made weekly and will be due at midnight on Sunday.
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Grading
2 Hour Exams, 100 points each
Comprehensive Final Exam
OWL Homework
Laboratory
Quizes
Participation
Total Points
= 200 points
= 150 points
= 100 points
= 100 points
=100 points
=50 points
___________
= 700 points
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Letter grade ranges on a percentage basis are:
A
90.0 – 100%
C
70.0 – 73.9%
A87.0 – 89.9%
C67.0 – 69.9%
B+
84.0 – 86.9%
D
64.0 – 66.9%
B
80.0 – 83.9%
E
Below 64%
B77.0 – 79.9%
C+
74.0 – 76.9%
There will be NO make-ups for exams, quizzes and labs. Any missed exams, quizzes or labs
will result to a zero grade for the respective activity. Exceptions may be possible only in
extraordinary circumstances, where documentary proofs will be required.
Laboratory
Laboratory work is an integral and essential part of this course and will represent
a significant factor in your final grade (see above). You will not be granted credit for this
course unless you satisfactorily complete the laboratory work; however, if you have taken
the course previously at SUCO and completed the laboratory work, a waiver may be
granted. If you think that you might qualify for such a waiver, discuss your situation with
the lecture instructor as soon as possible.
You will be expected to attend every scheduled meeting of your laboratory
section. If you are forced to miss one of the labs due to circumstances beyond your
control, the instructor will attempt to arrange for you to attend some other laboratory
section during the same week. If it is impossible to reschedule the experiment you should
discuss methods of making up the work with your instructor.
Students will not be permitted to work in any laboratory section other than that for
which they are scheduled. Students must not work in the laboratory with direct faculty
supervision.
Unless you are informed otherwise, laboratory reports will be due the first lecture
meeting after the completion of the experiment.
In order to protect your vision you will be required to wear safety glasses while
you are in the laboratory. If you violate this rule you become a hazard to yourself as well
as those around you. Therefore, you may be asked to leave the laboratory if you do not
wear safety glasses.
Laboratory reports are to represent your own original work. You will sometimes
work with other students to collect data, but your written report, including calculations
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must be your own work. Additional safety information is found in the Departmental
Policy below.
Emergency Evacuation/Shelter-in-Place Procedures
In the event of an emergency evacuation (i.e., fire or other emergency), our laboratory
classes meeting in the physical sciences building are directed to reassemble at the Chase
Gymnasium so that all persons can be accounted for. Evacuation from our lecture hall in
IRC is to the Fine Arts Theater. Complete details of the emergency evacuation, shelterin-place, and other emergency procedures can be found at
http://www.oneonta.edu/security.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Policy on Course Attendance, Participation and Behavior
1. Students are expected to attend all scheduled course sessions and should be prepared by
reading in advance any relevant material assigned or provided. Participation (defined by
interacting with the instructor, working problems at the board, individually or in groups,
using personal response “Clicker” systems and other mechanisms defined in the syllabus) is
expected.
2. Students are reminded that instructors are not required to accept assignments submitted late,
except in instances allowed according to College policies. College Policies as defined in the
Student Code of Conduct apply to lecture, recitation and laboratory portions of all courses.
3. Laboratories are an integral part of education in chemistry courses. As a result, participation
in all laboratories scheduled for a course is expected. Unless alternate activities are
scheduled, students can expect that their laboratory section will meet each week, and failure
to attend laboratories may lead to failure in the course.
4. The laboratory for a course must be passed, normally by earning 60% of the available
score, in order to pass the course. Exceptions may be noted in syllabus.
5. Students are expected to bring to laboratory the laboratory manual (or printout of the
experiment), a laboratory notebook (if required), a calculator, ruler or other materials as
specified by the instructor or in the syllabus.
6. Students are not allowed to work in the laboratory without direct faculty supervision.
7. Unless announced in advance, SAFETY GOGGLES (WHICH PROVIDE A
COMPLETE SEAL AROUND THE EYES AND ARE EQUIPPED WITH
INDIRECT VENTS) ARE REQUIRED TO BE WORN AT ALL TIMES IN THE
LABORATORY. STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN
SAFETY GOGGLES.
8. Open-toed shoes (e.g. sandals, “Birkenstocks”, flip-flops, etc), unrestrained long-hair,
excessively loose clothing and other items which may be easily ignited or snag on apparatus
are not allowed.
9. Food, drink, candy, cosmetics, tobacco products, etc. are not allowed in the laboratory.
10. Students are expected to be attentive to the material and any experiments and apparatus in
the laboratory. The following must be turned off and stored away from the laboratory bench
while in laboratories:
Portable music players (e.g. iPods, MP3 players and the like)
Cellular telephones, pagers, text messaging devices and the like
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Other portable electronic devices as defined by the laboratory instructor
11. Horseplay, practical jokes, “goofing around” or interfering with other students’ work is not
allowed in the laboratory.
12. Students should not expect to be able to makeup missed laboratory sessions or experiments.
If a makeup session is possible, it will be at the discretion of the laboratory instructor and
will normally be during the same week as the missed laboratory section.
13. Students will not be permitted to work in any laboratory section other than that they are
registered for unless they have the written approval of both their regular instructor AND the
instructor in the section they wish to enter.
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CHEM 111- GENERAL CHEMISTRY I COURSE SCHEDULE
WEEK 1
Tue 5/29
1
Chemistry and Measurement
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Lab 1
Wed 5/30
2
Growing Crystals and Viewing Moles
Atoms, Molecules and Ions
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Thu 5/31
2
Atomic theory and structure
Chemical substances: Formulas and names
Chemical Reactions: Equations
Quiz 1
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Lab 2
An introduction to Chemistry
Physical Measurements
Chemical Substances, Reactions & Stoichiometry continued.
Analysis of a Mixture
WEEK 2
Mon 6/4
Tue 6/5
3
3
Lab 3
Wed 6/6
4
Calculations with Chemical Formulas and Equations
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Mass and Moles of Substance
Determining Chemical Formulas
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Stoichiometry: Quantitative Reactions in Chemical Reactions
Synthesis of Alum
Chemical Reactions
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Thu 6/7
1-3
Lab 4
Ions in Aqueous Solution
Types of chemical reactions
Exam1
Analysis of Silver Group Ions
WEEK 3
Mon 6/11
4
Tue 6/12
6
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Working with Solutions
Quantitative Analysis
Thermochemistry
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Understanding Heats of Reactions
5
Lab 5
Wed 6/13
6
Thu 6/14
7
Determination of an Unknown Acid
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Quantum Theory of the Atom
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Lab 6
Using Heats of Reaction
Light Waves, Photons, and the Bohr Theory
Net Ionic Equations
WEEK 4
Mon 6/18
7
Tue 6/19
4, 6 & 7
Lab 7
Wed 6/20
8
Thu 6/21
8
Lab 8
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Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Numbers
Exam 2
Spectrophotometric Determination of Aspirin
Electron Configurations and Periodicity
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Electronic structure of Atoms
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Periodicity of the Elements
Thermochemistry
WEEK 5
Mon 6/25
9
Ionic and Covalent Bonding
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Tue 6/26
10
Molecular Geometry and Chemical Bonding Theory
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Lab 9
Wed 6/27
10
Thu 6/28
Molecular Geometry and Direction of Bonding
Synthesis and Analysis of a Copper Complex- Part 1
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Molecular Orbital Theory
Overall Review
Lab 10
Fri 6/29
Ionic Bonds
Covalent Bonds
1-12
Synthesis and Analysis of a Copper Complex- Part 2 and check out.
Final Exam 3
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